Obituary of gallery owner and collector Rob Koudijs (January 11, 1944–September 1, 2024) for Art Jewelry Forum. – Rob Koudijs’s recent passing …
2.2 Kilograms on Tools and Techniques
Review for Art Jewelry Forum of the French book ‘Sacrés Outils!’. – Sacrés Outils! is one of the most curious books I’ve ever …
Talk on ‘Flowers in Jewellery’ in Idar Oberstein
Talk at the Hochschule Trier Campus Edelstein & Schmuck, Idar Oberstein, 17 april 2024 – For the jewellery students of the academy …
Jewels That Resist
Review for Art Jewelry Forum of ‘La résistance des bijoux‘ by Ariella Aïsha Azoulay. – A Review of La Résistance des Bijoux: …
The Françoise van den Bosch Foundation – How It Got Its Standing
Article for Art Jewelry Forum, on the well-known foundation about to honour Chequita Nahar as Françoise van den Bosch Award winner – …
Hoe oude krantenfoto’s tot nieuwe sieraden leiden
Article for SieradenMuze blog on the exhibition Pictureware by Extranalities, Amstrdam, May 2022 – Voor wie nog niet eerder van ze heeft …
Exhibition texts for Extranalities’ Pictureware
Extranalities, a group of international jewellery artists exhibited their project Pictureware during SIERAAD Art Fair Amsterdam, 26-29 May 2022. – Extranalities is …
Texts for SIERAAD Art Fair 2022
Texts for SIERAAD Art Fair 2022, spring 2022 – Texts on participants for the newsletters and online for SIERAAD Art Fair Photo: …
Lecture Brussels Jewellery Week
‘Materialen vormen sieraden’ Lecture for Vander A Observatory / Françoise Vanderauwera for Brussels Jewellery Week 30 April 2022 – Humans have always …
Have they left any stones unturned?
Review of LithoMania: the book and the exhibition in Berlin, running January 20–April 3, 2022 for Art Jewelry Forum – In the …
The Impolite Body
Symposium review for the Françoise van den Bosch Foundation of the Award ceremony for Lauren Kalman on 14 November 2021 Stedelijk Museum …
De sieradenbiografie ofwel ‘bedankt oma Remmy’
Celebrating 5 years of Hedendaagse Sieraden Free Jewellery Encyclopedia, with a guest contribution on jewellery biographies: what makes one hook up with …
Sweet Little Lies at KORU7
Lecture about honesty and jewellery materials, October 30 2021, one of twelve speakers at KORU7 seminar in Finland – If we perceive …
Abeer Baghdadi: Advancing Art Jewellery in Saudi Arabia
On the struggle and successes of a Saudi Arabian jewellery artist, for Klimt02 Forum – June 21, 2021 – Where you do …
On the Language of Materials
Baltimore Jewelry Center’s guest at the discussion group on the Material Stories series I wrote for Klimt02 – 18 June 2021, via …
Tracing Contemporary Jewellery
BAJ Podcast in conversation with British Academy of Jewellery’s Sofie Boons. May 2021 – On the parallels between jewellery and architecture, on …
Jewellery should be inspired by anything but jewellery.
Saskia van Es JOYA 2021 Jury Member interviewed by Klimt02, May 2021 – What is the specific aesthetic you are looking for …
Speaking Through Objects, Speaking Through Materials
Online lecture for Konstepidemin / Craft Days, Göteborg, 7 May 2021 – Lecture available here at 17.34 (until 30 June 2021) Still …
Material Stories: Epilogue. Non-Humans x Humans
Epilogue in a series of articles on jewellery materials for Klimt02, April 2021 – Jewellery expert Marjan Unger, in her dissertation, sketched …
Label (mini) by Morgane de Klerk
Contribution to photo essay Our Favorite Jewelry, April 2021 for Art Jewelry Forum – “The familiar feel of the flexible material and …
Material Stories: Alternative Materials. Something They Are Not
Article in a series on the environmental impact of jewellery materials for Klimt02, April 2021. – Have you signed the Universal Declaration …
Wearing Is Sharing
NYCJW Jewelry Confidants with jewellery artist Jillian Moore, on wearing contemporary jewellery in public- April 2021 – “Artist and jeweler Jillian Moore …
Weight
Contribution to SIERAAD Art Fair Amsterdam Newsletter spring 2021 – Have you also seen an unbelievable amount of jewellery lately? Flat ghostly …
Material Stories: Pearls. Perils of Perfectionism
Third episode in a series of articles on jewellery materials for Klimt02, March 2021 – For ages, the ocean was a mysterious …
Material Stories: Gemstones. Carrying Deep Time with You
Second episode in a series of articles on jewellery materials for Klimt02, February 2021 – Instead of driving up the demand for …